Kessler, Crisitina. (2004) Our secret, Siri Aang. New York, NY : Philomel Books.A story of a courageous twelve year old Masai girl. Namelock, who comes to have many secrets that she cannot tell anyone.
She comes across a mother black rhino in labour and helps her to give birth. She vows to protect them and visit them as often as possible and keep them secret.
She starts to bleed but she keeps it secret too until it is noticed by her mum.
She wishes to go to school and learn to wirte her own name and how to do maths.
She wishes to go to school and learn to wirte her own name and how to do maths.
Once she decides she will go through her initiation and accepts the traditional way of life as a Masai girl/woman, she wants to vist and say good bye to the rhinos, only to find the mother rhino was killed by poachers. To keep her vows to them and also want to find Siri Aang, Namelock starts her journey to the bush to search for the poachers and bring justice to them, which leads her to a horrifying discovery that could completely shatter her foundation.
You can find the author Cristina Kessler's Behind the Books video and listen to her about how the book was written on this link. http://www.cristinakessler.com/Books_7.htm
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